McDonald’s teams with locals to build park

Construction on a new playground at Jim Mattox Park that was designed based on drawings from children imagining their ideal park will begin tomorrow, Dec. 6, when about 200 volunteers descend on the park to bring the children’s designs to life.

Volunteers from the McDonald’s Foundation will join others from the city, the Mission del Lago neighborhood, Discover Green and KaBOOM in the construction. The park is on the city’s South Side.

The new playground is part of a partnership between McDonald’s Foundation and KaBOOM. This will be the fourth of 12 playgrounds scheduled to be built by the middle of next year.